Since John’s management has long ago ditched his site johnwilsonconductor.com I went over to Bachtrack to find this info, and will probably end up going there and elsewhere evermore for more info on my bonny lad’s—w or w/o his Sinfonia of London—performances. (I also have John on Google Alert, plus I donate to the Royal College and the Royal Academy to get their email newsletters, plus I follow the Sinfonia and RTE on Facebook…plus if he’s scheduled to play movie music somewhere I can get that info from Juliet Rózsa…)
[JOHN’S PAST AND PRESENT CONCERT SCHEDULES]
UPDATE! Some kind soul in the UK (probably my travelling writer friend Helen Ducal, and if it is you, Helen, thanks!) subscribed me a few days ago to the John Wilson & Sinfonia of London website, which promptly sent me the ballot ClassicFM put out for best classical recordings of 2023. So okay, I voted for his Vaughan Williams but NOT his compleat Oklahoma! out of respect for the memory of my old boss, Rouben Mamoulian, who John—prompted I’m sure by the BBC—saw fit to throw a little shade on when he conducted R&H back in 2010. (John’s still my guy, though. I’m sooo used to snarky artistic types.) So I’ll probably be getting the SoL schedule as they know it. But I still have to hunt up his other appearances.
The dates link to the ticket sites. The other highlights link to available recordings and YT appearances.
Sat 27 Jan 2024 19:30
Sheldonian Theatre
Oxford, UK
Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Elschenbroich (cello)
- Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Wasps Overture
- Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor (du Pre-Barenboim)
- Arthur Sullivan: Overture Di Ballo (John-BBCCO)
- Frederick Delius: Summer Night on the River
- Haydn Wood: London Landmarks (John-Birmingham)
- Eric Coates: Cinderella (John-Liverpool)
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Fri 09 Feb 2024 19:30
Royal Academy of Music
London, UK
RAM Symphony Orchestra
Kasparas Mikužis (piano)
- Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, op.18
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, op.35 (here’s John and the RAMSO doing it on YouTube)
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Fri 01 Mar 2024 19:30
National Concert Hall
Dublin, IE
National Symphony Orchestra
Peter Moore (trombone)
- Lily Boulanger: D’un matin de printemps which my beloved conducted the RAM in last October
- Joe Chindamo: Ligeia [Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra] the European premiere of this Australian composer’s work
- Gustav Holst: The Planets op.32 (John-NYOGB)
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Fri 19 Apr 2024 19:30
Usher Hall
Edinburgh, UK
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano)
- John Ireland: The Forgotten Rite
- Edward Elgar: Sea Pictures [song cycle for contralto and orchestra] op.37
- Gustav Holst: The Planets op.32 (John-NYOGB)
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Sat 20 Apr 2024 19:30
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Glasgow, UK
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano)
- John Ireland: The Forgotten Rite
- Edward Elgar: Sea Pictures [song cycle for contralto and orchestra] op.37
- Gustav Holst: The Planets op.32 (John-NYOGB)
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09 Jun – 28 Jul 2024
Glyndebourne
Lewes, East Sussex UK
- Franz Lehár: Hitler’s favorite operetta, The Merry Widow
- EXTRA! The Stage interviews merry John (PDF)
- EXTRA EXTRA! Baritone Thomas Allen retires
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Fri 26 Jul 2024 19:30
Concert Hall
Snape Maltings, UK
Sinfonia of London
Charlie Lovell-Jones (violin)
- Benjamin Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra op.34
- William Walton: Violin Concerto
- Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No.2 in E minor op.27 (60′)
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Sun 04 Aug 2024 19:00
BBC Proms 21
The Royal Albert Hall
London, UK
Sinfonia of London
- Wynton Marsalis: Herald, Holler and Hallelujah! This so stinks. I’m glad it’s short.
- Aaron Copland: Billy the Kid Suite op.37 Eh.
- Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings, op.11a Dudamel! Vienna!
- George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue This is such a crowd-pleaser it’ll be interesting to see who the featured soloist is.
- Charles Ives: The Unanswered Question Never got into Ives.
- John Adams: I Harmonielehre / II The Anfortas / III Meister Eckhardt and Quackie Apparently our John is one of Adams’s favored conductors. This is great because Adams is probably one of the most interesting symphonic composers living today.
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